Growing Old Together, in New Kind of Commune

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What is/are the purpose(s) of communal living among the aged as expressed in the article?

...communally address ''the challenge of aging non-institutionally...people buying homes in a community they plan and run together"In co-operative housing... ''the social consciousness of the 1960's can get re-expressed.'' Baby boomers...''are going to want to recreate the peak experience of their lives...the common denominator was community.""The idea was to share care.''

What are some of the advantages and unique opportunities available through communal living for the elderly?

''But creating a community like this, you learn a lot about the strength of the human spirit.''...the ''common house'' with a living room and a large kitchen and dining room for communal dinners; upstairs is a studio apartment they will rent at below market value to a skilled nurse who will provide additional care. It is their own self-styled, potluck utopia.''Here you get to pick your family instead of being born into it...We recognized that when you're physically closer to each other, you pay more attention, look in on each other."

What are some of the challenges the elderly face in communal living communities?

How to decide who can move into the community once a member has died or moved on.Tensions that arise in trying to make group decisionsRecognizing when the level of care that they need is "beyond their friends' abilities."

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